In "There’s
No Disgrace Like Home," an early episode of the Fox TV series
"The Simpsons," Marge, Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie
visit therapist Dr. Marvin Monroe after watching his commercial
promising "family bliss or double your money back." Comment.

For those Brooklynites who salivate over
fresh-made pastries, chocolates and hearty, authentic French
bistro fare, Provence en Boite, the Bay Ridge patisserie-restaurant
owned by chef Jean-Jacques Bernat and his wife, Leslie, is already
a favorite destination. Comment.

This weekend is your last chance to see Fred Harper’s humorous
parade of caricatures in the "Burning Bush" show, now
on display at the DUMBO General Store [111 Front St. at Washington
Street, (718) 855-5288]. Comment.

The Brooklyn Museum of Art will be the
place to be on March 20 to view the "Creature from the Black
Lagoon." The 1950s classic film is being screened - in 3-D
- as part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival
at 1 pm and 4 pm. Comment.

In October, the former Park Slope restaurant
Luce became Bar Toto. Says co-owner Peter Sclafani, who used
his father’s nickname to christen the new venture, "We wanted
to make the place more accessible to the community." Comment.

Atlantic Yards: From the outside, the old Ward Bakery building at 800 Pacific St. looks
like just another city relic — an abandoned, six-story building with
cement filling the spaces that were once windows. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Forest City Ratner is close to an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority and the Empire State Development Corp. for development of the
Atlantic Yards arena, office and housing development in Prospect Heights. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Borough President Marty Markowitz gave his approval this week to the controversial
Downtown Brooklyn Plan, a city proposal that would use the state’s
power of eminent domain to condemn private property and rezone the area
to allow for taller buildings. The Downtown Plan’s advocates say
they envision a 24-7 commercial and residential hub with skyscraping office
and residential towers. The plan overlaps, but is separate from, developer
Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project that could include a profe Comment.